Translations & Commentary
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
ज्ञानेन by intuition, पश्यामि खलु I can see, दृष्टवा seeing, प्रत्यागमिष्यथ you will return, कुलिङ्गानाम् of sparrows, अन्ये and other, धान्यजीविनः living on grain, ये those, आद्यः first, पन्थाः path, बलिभोजानाम् crows living on the offerings of food, वृक्षफलाशनाः eating the fruits of trees, ये those, द्वितीयः second, भासाः cocks, कुररैस्सह along with cranes, क्रौञ्चाश्च and Kraunchas, तृतीयम् third, गच्छन्ति move about, श्येनाः hawks and falcons, चतुर्थम् fourth, गच्छन्ति move about, गृध्राः vultures, पञ्चमम् fifth, गच्छन्ति moving.
'By intuition I know you would see Sita and return. On the first plane you will see sparrows and birds which live on grain. On the second, you will see crows living on the food offered to the dead and birds living on the fruits of trees, and then cocks, cranes and kraunchas moving on the third plane, on the fourth, hawks and falcons and on the fifth, vultures.